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After the triumphant first launch of the Falcon Heavy megarocket yesterday (Feb. 6), which is propelling a Tesla electric car out into the solar system, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk still seemed surprised that the mission had succeeded.

Starman is entering the solar system, riding in the driver's seat of a midnight cherry Tesla Roadster. The improbable scene captured in a video sent back to Earth unfolded live as a finale to the first launch of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket.

Michael Leinbach didn't want the book to be about him. A key leader in NASA's efforts to recover from the loss of shuttle Columbia on Feb. 1, 2003, Leinbach knew the story of the aftermath was bigger than him.

Six hours after SpaceX launched the Falcon Heavy yesterday (Feb. 6), unsuspecting skywatchers in the western U.S. caught a glimpse of the rocket's second stage firing up one last time as it blasted out of Earth's orbit and off into the solar system.

Buzz Aldrin is in place to watch the Falcon Heavy rocket's first test launch this afternoon (Feb. 6) from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where the rocket will take flight from the same pad that launched Aldrin's unprecedented trip to the moon.

This Valentine's Day, get your space-loving loved one something really out of this world. Whether you're shopping for a hardcore space fan or a sci-fi buff, it's illogical not to consider these stellar gifts and gadgets.

The first Falcon Heavy rocket built by the private spaceflight company SpaceX soared on its maiden voyage today (Feb. 6) — a historic test flight that also sent a car toward Mars and included two confirmed booster landings.

Elon Musk hopes the first test launch of SaceX's Falcon Heavy megarocket will be a success — but the SpaceX CEO has provided a lot of details about how it could go wrong, from synchronized shaking to "cannonballing" ice to vaporizing oxygen.